{"nhtsa_id":10174407,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-05-04","date":"2020-04-03","document_id":"SSM 48725","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"2016-2019 Escape vehicles equipped with the 1.6L EcoBoost or 1.5L EcoBoost engines may have missing or damaged dowel alignment pins between the engine and transaxle. When either a new long block or new short block is installed in the vehicle and the dowel pins were found missing or damaged upon disassembly of the original engine, the flexplate (6375) must be replaced. For engine overhauls or other engine related repairs where the engine and transaxle do not require separation, replacing the flexplate is not required. This direction also applies to existing service publication repairs where the engine and transaxle are separated as part of the repair procedure. Refer to Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 303-01.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10174407-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10174407-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10174407","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCAPE","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_escape","2017_ford_escape","2018_ford_escape","2019_ford_escape"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}